gospels— Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; the Acts of the Apostles; the fourteen letters of Paul— to the Romans

same level of excitement, love and genuine care that one would expect to see in the most passionate of romances

Summary We tend to romanticize history.

nor Luther 1,500 years later as he defied the Pope's emissary in Worms) were the mavericks we like to romanticize

Still less does it support the romantic imagery, sometimes derived from the traditional but incorrect

David's sin was much more than a tryst with a beautiful woman; it drove him into a conspiracy that led Just like in a cheesy romantic movie, the wayward protagonist eloquently apologizes to the woman he loves